The work of the Search & Nomination Committee took another big step forward in the past few weeks as committee members completed visits to nine candidates who are being considered for the next Bishop of Rhode Island.
Two-member teams visited the candidates’ home parishes to observe liturgies and sermons, further interview the candidates, and meet with staff members and lay leaders.
As background checks and other deeper reference-checks for each candidate continue, the teams are filing reports from the visits to bring the full committee up to date with impressions, findings, etc. The next step is to determine whether to bring all nine candidates or some smaller number to Rhode Island in late February to participate with committee members in a discernment weekend.
At this point, the process remains on track for a mid-March announcement of the slate of three to five finalists.
The committee also has begun work on the process that will be used if people want to nominate other candidates by petition. The petition period will take place March 11 – 25 to allow sufficient time for full reference checks of priests, if any, who are nominated by petition.
As announced in late January, the timing and location of some upcoming transition events have changed:
Two-member teams visited the candidates’ home parishes to observe liturgies and sermons, further interview the candidates, and meet with staff members and lay leaders.
As background checks and other deeper reference-checks for each candidate continue, the teams are filing reports from the visits to bring the full committee up to date with impressions, findings, etc. The next step is to determine whether to bring all nine candidates or some smaller number to Rhode Island in late February to participate with committee members in a discernment weekend.
At this point, the process remains on track for a mid-March announcement of the slate of three to five finalists.
The committee also has begun work on the process that will be used if people want to nominate other candidates by petition. The petition period will take place March 11 – 25 to allow sufficient time for full reference checks of priests, if any, who are nominated by petition.
As announced in late January, the timing and location of some upcoming transition events have changed:
- The walkabout of finalist candidates will occur May 11 – 12 instead of May 18 – 19
- The June 2 electing convention will take place at St. Paul’s in Pawtucket rather than St. Luke’s in East Greenwich
- The celebration of Bishop Wolf’s ministry will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, September 23, at St. Luke’s, East Greenwich
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